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Bbc Scotland - The Hermit Of Treig. Scotland's most famous hermit, ken smith, will feature in a bbc documentary which will air on tuesday night. The hermit of treig will be released across uk cinemas from 25 march, 2022.
BBC Programmes categorised as Documentaries Available now
The film won the audience award for glasgow film festival 2022. The hermit of treig is on the bbc scotland channel at 22:00 on tuesday 9 november and later on iplayer. Ken smith lives as a hermit and finds sustenance in nature. The hermit of treig was shown for the first time on bbc scotland in 2021 as part of bbc scotland’s programming looking at climate and environmental issues ahead of cop26 in glasgow. Man lives 40 years without electricity or running water…in scotland. The hermit of treig will be released across uk cinemas from 25 march, 2022. After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit tackles ill health, a declining memory, and questions whether he. Ken smith has lived a life of solitude, in a log cabin in the woods of loch treig, since 1984. Metaphorically and literally, ken smith is a man who lives on the fringes. Here, lauren taylor looks at what lessons she learned from ken smith’s unconventional life.
Filmmaker lizzie mckenzie first made contact with ken nine years ago and over the past two years she has filmed him for the bbc scotland documentary the hermit of treig. Ken smith finds sustenance in nature. The hermit of treig is on the bbc scotland channel at 22:00 on tuesday 9 november and later on iplayer. A bbc documentary revealed how ken smith, 74, lives in a log cabin which he built himself on the banks of loch treig, in lochaber scotland, where his main source of food comes from fishing. Ken smith lives as a hermit and finds sustenance in nature. The hermit of treig was shown for the first time on bbc scotland in 2021 as part of bbc scotland’s programming looking at climate and environmental issues ahead of cop26 in glasgow. The film won the audience award for glasgow film festival 2022. For the past two years, filmmaker lizzie mckenzie has been recording ken for her documentary the hermit of treig, reports the bbc. Metaphorically and literally, ken smith is a man who lives on the fringes. Ken smith has lived a life of solitude, in a log cabin in the woods of loch treig, since 1984. Scotland's most famous hermit, ken smith, will feature in a bbc documentary which will air on tuesday night.
